A Place Where Children with Disabilities Belong We have an exciting new project for 2026. We are going to build a new school, for children w...

HUGS Update August 2025 GROWING TOGETHER  This month the HUGS update comes from Andrew Baguma, the Chair of Good Shepherds special needs sch...

A life changing difference  Last week HUGS Trustees travelled to Little Shepherd, Good Shepherd and St Zoe’s schools and attending the forma...

Let me introduce you to Pretty, Angela, Najiya and Vayati, four friends at St Francis de Sales School. All have been blind since birth. They...

Blog Feb 2025 This coming Saturday (1st of March) I am travelling to Uganda. Usually HUGS Trustees visit projects every 18 months to check o...

HUGS helps children, who face obstacles which prevent them from entering education, to attend school and benefit from the liberating power o...

 Disability is not Inability HUGS supporters are changing the lives of disabled children in Uganda.  The last time we visited St Francis de ...

A frenzy of Activity Just South of Busunjju, something special is happening.  A team of construction workers and staff from CEFOVID (an NGO ...

Small Beginnings. Never Give Up. From small beginnings grows great change. One of the wonderful parts of being involved in a charity that he...

HUGS has drawn up a long shopping list to kit out the New Hope School, which will open its doors in February and care for 300 children from ...

How important is a good nights sleep for learning? According to research from all over the world, sleep increases a child’s ability to creat...

The HUGS Trustees trip to Uganda last month has filled us with joy and hope.  We are reminded of the dedication and personal sacrifice of ou...

Tomorrow I will arrive in Kampala, to prepare for the HUGS Trustees trip to visit our schools and projects.  These trips are an essential pa...